Academy Award® winner Richard Dreyfuss (Jaws, The Goodbye Girl) stars with Emmy and Tony winner Blythe Danner (Meet the Fockers) and Oscar® nominee Bruce Dern (Coming Home) in this warmhearted tale of lost love and second chances. The year is 1912. Vowing to swear off women for good, curmudgeonly Seth Atkins (Dreyfuss) takes refuge tending a remote Cape Cod lighthouse. Then, a mysterious stranger (Tom Wisdom, Pirate Radio) literally washes up in Seth’s life, with a past full of secrets and a similar aversion to females. But the arrival of two beautiful, spirited women (Danner and Mamie Gummer) will test the men’s resolve – and send all four of them sailing into uncharted romantic waters!
Why you may wish to watch it: Wholesome story set in the Edwardian era.
Why you may wish to skip it: The tag line on the movie’s poster — “where romance is almost impossible, love always finds a way” — offers a clue to both the outcome and prevailing tone…”The Lightkeepers” plays like an adaptation of a dog-eared romance novel, the kind of film best left for cable viewing on a rainy, housebound day. – LA Times
Starring Richard Dreyfuss, Blythe Danner, Bruce Dern, Tom Wisdom, Mamie Gummer.